A fresh approach to optimising your entire software lifecycle and ensuring governance
Software & Cloud Optimisation Consulting
Increase the value of your software and cloud assets with our expertise and guidance
Our expert consultants will guide your organisation to optimise your consumption and commercial positions
There is always an opportunity to improve, but it takes time, resource and deep knowledge. Where do you start, what do you look at and how do you go about it? In today’s complex software and cloud environment you need to be both a technical and commercial contracts expert to truly make a difference.
Businesses are increasingly using external consultants to deliver the insight, guidance and expertise, so they can focus on making the decisions to drive down cost, improve efficiencies and achieve a greater return on investment.
We can support across a range software & cloud vendors with a particular focus on Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and IBM.
We help you:
- Identify areas of risk and build mitigation plans
- Optimise consumption and commercial positions
- Create fit for purpose cloud & software contract and commercial strategies
- Reduce the commercial impacts of audits
Cloud Licensing
Insight’s customers are increasingly challenged to define their software licensing obligations in the cloud. Licensing rules are frequently updated and are inconsistent between the various cloud providers and platforms. This can result in license compliance issues as well as sub-optimal cloud spend configurations.
Insight provides clarity on current-state cloud licensing requirements and helps to drive cost avoidance opportunities by optimising cloud assets.
Delivering a range of rapid insights
Together, we’ll evaluate your current state to build the business case for change or uncover quick-win savings. We offer day-long workshops or accelerated analytics to solve a single issue or discover improvement opportunities.
Engaging with our experts helps you:
- Adjust to the latest licensing changes
- Configure your tools to provide actionable insights
- Align your IT teams to best practices
Optimisation Services
— Optimise investments to build a sustainable competitive edge.
Download Solution BriefMulti-cloud spend optimisation
Insight’s customer investigations show that every customer has services which can be turned off, modernised or optimised. It’s easy to turn on services that can cost thousands of dollars per day but left unchecked simple governance mistakes can cost a company tens of thousands of dollars in a matter of days.
We deliver a pathway to lasting Cloud Savings with focus on spend, security and remediation. Our service tells you where and how you can save costs by performing changes to your cloud platform and leveraging the latest in commercial offers from your cloud partners.
Cloud consulting
We’ll help you with migration workshops, assessments and policy advice to ensure a successful public cloud adoption.
Subscription optimisation
We’ll analyse usage and subscriptions to inform cost and consumption optimisation efforts.
Ongoing improvements
We’ll deliver regular consumption reports and alerts so you can take appropriate cost-saving actions.
CSP Billing services
We'll streamline cost management — sending the right invoices to each business unit, department or cost center.
Licensable footprint
Enhance how you deploy and use software entitlements. We’ll create a detailed picture of your consumption versus entitlements — providing recommendations to eliminate unnecessary licenses, mitigate risk and optimise your future position.
Commercial contracts
Achieve optimal pricing, rights and terms in your commercial structures. We’ll elevate your negotiation strategy with contractual and commercial benchmarking insights that include concession data, discount models and more to achieve flexibility.
Cloud Management
Realise the true value of you licence investments and commercial frameworks in the cloud. We support your journey by maximising your consumption, reducing your waste and enabling frameworks for continuous improvement.
In today’s complex software and cloud environment you need to be both a technical and commercial expert to truly make a difference. Our team of SAP specialists provide the right insight, guidance and expertise to deliver optimised commercial outcomes.
Download the solution brief
Strategic audit defense
Audit requests are becoming regular occurrences — and falling short could cost your business thousands of dollars in settlement fees. Working with our experienced consultants, you’ll get the expertise to mitigate risk during the audit lifecycle.
Whether you’re preparing for the next audit or are in the middle of an audit, we’ll support your organization at the level you need:
- Advice on managing the scope and internal resource impact of an audit
- Scenario analysis and workshops to define the appropriate tactics for your situation
- Support to address results and reach an acceptable commercial settlement
Delivering a range of actionable insights
Be able to act, not simply react. Together, we will evaluate your current state to build the business case for change or uncover quick-win savings. We offer day-long workshops or accelerated analytics to solve a single issue or discover improvement opportunities.
Engaging with our experts helps you:
- Adjust to the latest licensing changes
- Configure your tools to provide actionable insights
- Align your IT teams to best practices
Increase your return on investment
We’ll help you maximise your technology resources, so you can better manage today’s operations and transform the future. Connect with our specialists by completing the contact form or using one of the two options below.